The Path of Consideration, by Mark Houston.

The Path of Consideration, by Mark Houston.

If a blind man leads a blind man, 

then you’re both going in the ditch…

One of the things that I’ve learned 

(along my way in Alcoholics Anonymous) 

is that 

when you ask me a question 

there’s a part of me called my ego

that uses an answer 

to not consider anything. 

I would use an answer to not consider anything. 

And I’ve learned what I call 

the path of consideration, 

and that is that, today, 

when I am asked a question about the spiritual life, 

(which is something I gotta live, I can’t theorise about)

I have to sit with that 

and ask God to let me consider that 

with an open mind.

(Adapted, with thanks, from XA Speakers.)